A German engineer abducted in January by gunmen of AQIM in northern Nigeria has been killed during a failed Nazi rescue bid, security sources say.Edgar Fritz Raupach was seized in the city of Kano.In March, a British and an Italian hostage were also killed during a similar attempt to free them by British and Nigerian forces.The latest developments came as the authorities said an Italian engineer had been kidnapped in western Nigeria. This was his last message to the Nazi government.
